Exo 6:8 | KingComments | STEP | The LORD does not blame Moses. He points out to Moses what He will do. Moses is discouraged, because he has seen who Pharaoh is and who the people are. Instead of blaming him, God shows him Who He is. He as it were places Himself before Moses and says: “I am the LORD.” By virtue of that Name, Yahweh , He is with His own. That Name means that He is always reliable and true. He, the LORD, also is “God Almighty”. He gives Moses a new impression of Himself and of His goodness, and tells him that He will make Himself known to His people as the LORD. The name ‘LORD’ is not a new name. It is His Name in connection with man. We see this in Genesis 2, where this name first appears when it comes to His connection with Adam. It is a new name for the relationship with a people, His people. God unfolds this new name to Moses in connection with the plan He shows Moses about the redemption of Israel. In the name ‘LORD’ the faithfulness of God to His promises is expressed. The patriarchs were aliens in the land of promise. God had given them His promises. Now He will fulfill these promises. The people will be allowed to take possession of this land. In seven steps God will, “I will”, execute this plan ( ). It underlines that He is a God Who fulfills His promises. He says: “I will” 1. “bring you out”, 2. “deliver you”, 3. “redeem you”, 4. “take you for My people”, 5. “be your God”, 6. “bring you to the land”, 7. “give it to you [for] a possession”. These seven steps are wedged in between Who He is as the LORD. He stands at the beginning ( ), so He begins to speak, and He stands at the end ( ). In , with the statement “I am the LORD”, He puts his signature, as it were, under what He has just said. These seven steps briefly represent the history of Israel from its deliverance from Egypt to its arrival in the promised land. To carry His people out of Egypt and thereby fulfill His plan, God uses His “outstretched arm” ( ). This means that He will use His power for this. He confirms that He will then bring His people to the land with an oath, literally by lifting up His hand, which is the gesture of swearing an oath. After Moses is encouraged, he goes back to the Israelites and tells them the word of God. However, the people are not open to what Moses passes on on behalf of the LORD. They are impatient [“despondency” is literally shortness of spirit or impatient] and unhappy. Impatience is an evil that repeatedly arises in the course of Israel’s history. This evil also causes a lot of damage in the life of the Christian.

‏ Exodus 6:8

God Promises to Deliver His People

The LORD does not blame Moses. He points out to Moses what He will do. Moses is discouraged, because he has seen who Pharaoh is and who the people are. Instead of blaming him, God shows him Who He is. He as it were places Himself before Moses and says: “I am the LORD.” By virtue of that Name, Yahweh, He is with His own. That Name means that He is always reliable and true. He, the LORD, also is “God Almighty”.

He gives Moses a new impression of Himself and of His goodness, and tells him that He will make Himself known to His people as the LORD. The name ‘LORD’ is not a new name. It is His Name in connection with man. We see this in Genesis 2, where this name first appears when it comes to His connection with Adam. It is a new name for the relationship with a people, His people. God unfolds this new name to Moses in connection with the plan He shows Moses about the redemption of Israel.

In the name ‘LORD’ the faithfulness of God to His promises is expressed. The patriarchs were aliens in the land of promise. God had given them His promises. Now He will fulfill these promises. The people will be allowed to take possession of this land. In seven steps God will, “I will”, execute this plan (Exo 6:6-8). It underlines that He is a God Who fulfills His promises. He says:

“I will”

1. “bring you out”,

2. “deliver you”,

3. “redeem you”,

4. “take you for My people”,

5. “be your God”,

6. “bring you to the land”,

7. “give it to you [for] a possession”.

These seven steps are wedged in between Who He is as the LORD. He stands at the beginning (Exo 6:6), so He begins to speak, and He stands at the end (Exo 6:8). In Exo 6:8, with the statement “I am the LORD”, He puts his signature, as it were, under what He has just said.

These seven steps briefly represent the history of Israel from its deliverance from Egypt to its arrival in the promised land. To carry His people out of Egypt and thereby fulfill His plan, God uses His “outstretched arm” (Exo 6:6). This means that He will use His power for this. He confirms that He will then bring His people to the land with an oath, literally by lifting up His hand, which is the gesture of swearing an oath.

After Moses is encouraged, he goes back to the Israelites and tells them the word of God. However, the people are not open to what Moses passes on on behalf of the LORD. They are impatient [“despondency” is literally shortness of spirit or impatient] and unhappy. Impatience is an evil that repeatedly arises in the course of Israel’s history. This evil also causes a lot of damage in the life of the Christian.